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People

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Horta (surname) Horta is a surname which may refer to: * Adolfo Horta (1957–2016), Cuban boxer * André Horta (born 1996), Portuguese footballer * Carolina Horta (born 1992), Brazilian beach volleyball player * Luís Horta (born 1952), Portuguese former footb ...
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Places

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Horta, Africa Horta was a city and bishopric in Roman Africa, which only remains as Latin Catholic titular see. History Horta, identified with Srâ-Orta in modern Tunisia, was among the many cities of sufficient importance in the Roman province of Africa Pro ...
, an ancient city and former bishopric in Africa Proconsularis, now in Tunisia and a Latin Catholic titular see *
Horta, Azores Horta () is a municipality and city in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores encompassing the island of Faial. The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of The city of Horta itself has a population of about 7,000. Horta's marina is a prima ...
, Portugal, a municipality and city on the island of Faial *
Horta (district) The District of Horta was a district of the (Adjacent Islands, the former collective name for the Azores and Madeira), consisting of the dependent western islands of the Azores, located in the Atlantic Ocean. The district of Horta, not to be confu ...
, Portugal, a former district of the Azores * Horta, Portugal, a civil parish in the municipality of
Vila Nova de Foz Côa Vila Nova de Foz Côa () is a city and a municipality in the Guarda (district), district of Guarda, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,312,Horta, Barcelona Horta is a neighborhood in the '' Horta-Guinardó'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra' ...
, Spain, a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona *
Horta (Italy) Orte is a town, ''comune'', former Catholic bishopric and Latin titular see in the province of Viterbo, in the central Italian region of Lazio, located about north of Rome and about east of Viterbo. Geography Orte is situated in the Tiber vall ...
, an ancient city *
Horta of Valencia The Horta of Valencia ( va, L'Horta de València; es, Huerta de Valencia) is a historical comarca and urban area of Valencian Community. The Horta of Valencia consists of Valencia and three comarcas: Horta Nord, Horta Sud, Horta Oest. Demogra ...
, a horticultural region in Central Valencia and a historic ''
comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...
'' of the Valencian Community **
Horta Nord Horta Nord (, es, Huerta Norte) is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Municipalities *Albalat dels Sorells *Alboraya *Albuixech *Alfara del Patriarca *Almàssera *Bonrepòs i Mirambell *Burjassot * Emperador *Foi ...
, present-day comarca in the Valencian Community **
Horta Sud Horta Sud (, es, Huerta Sur) is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Municipalities * Albal *Alcàsser *Alfafar * Benetússer *Beniparrell *Catarroja * Llocnou de la Corona *Massanassa *Paiporta *Picassent *Sed ...
, present-day comarca in the Valencian Community **
Horta Oest Horta Oest (, es, Huerta Oeste) was a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Municipalities *Alaquàs * Aldaia *Manises *Mislata *Paterna *Picanya *Quart de Poblet *Torrent *Xirivella Xirivella () is a municipality i ...
, present-day comarca in the Valencian Community


Transportation

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Horta (Barcelona Metro) Horta () is a station in the Barcelona metro network, served by L5, located under carrer de Lisboa, in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona. It was opened in 1967, when an extension of the line into the neighbourhood of the same name from ...
, the northern terminus of Barcelona metro line 5 *
Horta premetro station Horta premetro station is a stop on the Brussels Metro. It is located on the north–south Brussels premetro line in the Saint-Gilles commune of the Brussels capital region, Belgium. It was opened on 3 December 1993. Location The premetro st ...
, Saint-Gilles, Belgium *
Horta Airport Horta Airport is an airport located in the parish of Castelo Branco, southwest of the center of Horta, on Faial Island in the archipelago of the Azores. The airport was remodeled and reinaugurated in December 2001, in order to serve the island ...
, Azores, Portugal


Other uses

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Horta (mythology) Horta is a minor Etruscan goddess of agriculture, horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, s ...
, a goddess in Etruscan mythology *
Horta (food) Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Leaf vegetables eaten raw in a salad can be called salad gre ...
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UA Horta Unió Atlètica d'Horta is a football team based in Barcelona. Founded in 1923, it plays Tercera División – Group 5. Its stadium is ''Municipal d’Horta'' with a capacity of 2,500 seats. History The club was founded on April 18, 1922 after ...
, a football club based in Barcelona * Horta or
huerta A huerta () or horta (, ), from Latin ''hortus'', "garden", is an irrigated area, or a field within such an area, common in Spain and Portugal, where a variety of vegetables and fruit trees are cultivated for family consumption and sale. Typicall ...
, a fertile area or field in Portuguese, Catalan and Galician *
HORTA (mining) HORTA is an underground geographic positioning technology utilized in the mining industry and being considered for extraterrestrial space mining applications. The technology utilizes a gyroscope and an accelerometer, together called an inertial nav ...
, an underground geographic positioning technology used in mining * Horta, an intelligent lifeform in the ''Star Trek'' episode "
The Devil in the Dark "The Devil in the Dark" is the twenty-fifth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek''. Written by Gene L. Coon and directed by Joseph Pevney, the episode first aired on March 9, 1967. In thi ...
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See also

* Huerta (disambiguation) * Hortus botanicus,
botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
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